MMA wants independent safety checks on every aircraft, boat & ambulance used for health missions, plus mandatory insurance for health workers, after the FDS tragedy. 🚁
🔥 Hospital Jengka fire: 21 patients transferred Twenty-one patients were transferred after a fire affected the paediatric and women’s wards at Hospital Jengka, Pahang. Ten women and three children were sent to Hospital Jerantut, while eight children were transferred to Hospital Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah in Temerloh. No injuries or deaths were reported. The cause is under investigation.
Malaysia is chairing the Asean Health Ministers' Meeting for the first time in 22 years, launching the Asean Strategic Health Agenda 2026–2030 in KL. 🌏
🥦 Health Minister Dzulkefly: public health starts on the plate. Safe, sustainable local food production is our "first line of defence" against disease.
⚠️ PPP calls the doctor shortage in public hospitals an "unsustainable burden," urging government to fix chronic, uneven staffing distribution nationwide.
👵 Malaysian women live longer but spend more years in poor health, per a CodeBlue reflection on NCWO's Women's Day event. Care and retirement policy need to catch up.
Some relief in Sarawak: Samarahan, Serian, Bintulu and Samalaju have dropped out of the very unhealthy API tier, though five areas including Kuching remain choked.
Malaysia opens the 17th ASEAN Health Ministers' Meeting today (Sept 7-11) in KL, chairing talks on mental health, rare diseases, food safety and pharma. 🇲🇾